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The
earliest reference to the music in Canterbury Cathedral is probably in the
chronicles of 1423 when Lionel Power was received into the fraternity.
Other records suggest that singing daily office in its present form has
occurred since 1542 - the date of the reformed Cathedral Foundation under
Henry VIII.
The choir normally sings eight services a week for most of the year. The
choir includes thirty boys (choristers), ages eight to thirteen, who live
in the Cathedral Choir House, now part of St Edmund's School. The men of
the choir, known as Lay Clerks, are professional singers who hold jobs in
addition to their work in the choir. Many of them are teachers, while
others are in a wide variety of professions. Recent Organists and Master
of the choristers include Allan Wicks who retired in 1988 when David Flood
took over.
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